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Apple reports Q3 revenue of $59.7B, up 11% YoY, of which $46.5B came from products, $13.1B from services, and net income of $11.2B; stock up 6%+ — Revenue up 11 percent and EPS up 18 percent to new June quarter records — Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2020 third quarter ended June 27, 2020.| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Internal emails from 2010 show how an Amazon ad prompted Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller to block in-app purchases of Kindle books on iOS — As part of the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust probe into Apple, lawmakers have released a variety of internal emails from Apple.
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Emails from Jeff Bezos and other Amazon employees suggest the acquisition of Ring was for “market position - not technology” — ‘And that market position and momentum is very valuable’ — On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held its last hearing as part … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Facebook has made deals with Sony, UMG, and Warner Music for the right to show music videos and approached artists about exclusive rights to videos — - Social giant also could bankroll some video production — Music videos have surged on YouTube during the pandemic
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
In an update to the July 15 hack, Twitter says a few employees were targeted in a phone spear phishing attack, and it had since limited access to internal tools — ‘This attack relied on a significant and concerted attempt to mislead certain employees’ — Twitter provided an update …
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| Politico: |
North Face and Heineken are among the companies who say they will resume Facebook ads from August, Levi Strauss and Smucker Co. will continue the boycott — More than 1,000 organizations stopped ads for the month of July, without getting many concessions. Can they keep it going and build global pressure?| Facebook: |
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
The hearing at times felt like gaslighting, with the CEOs trying to convince lawmakers that the evidence the House collected wasn't really evidence of anything — It is less clear that tech executives' strategy of evasive answers will continue to work now that lawmakers have begun doing their homework.
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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue of $38.3B, down 2% YoY, net income of $6.96B, down from $9.9B YoY, Other Bets operating loss grew to $1.1B — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 30, 2020 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.
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| Caitlin Dewey / OneZero : |
A look at the “hustle economy”, where unemployed teachers, cooks, and dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans to monetize their digital offerings — Unemployed teachers, cooks, dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans — e have nothing to sell besides physical touch.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Apple confirms new iPhone models will arrive a few weeks later than they have in years past, confirming earlier news reports and supplier comments — Apple's financial chief said Thursday that this year's new iPhone models will arrive a few weeks later than they have in years past …
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| Amazon.com: |
Amazon reports Q2 revenue of $88.91B, up 40% YoY, net income of $5.2B, up from $2.5B in Q1 2019, and AWS revenue of $10.81B, up 29%; stock up 5%+ after hours — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2020.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Affirm, a point-of-sale lender for e-commerce, is in early stage preparations for an IPO that would value the company at as much as $10B — Point-of-sale lender is working with Goldman Sachs in early-stage discussions of a potential listing — Affirm Inc. is laying the groundwork …
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Twitter permanently bans the account of white supremacist David Duke — Duke's Twitter account was “permanently suspended” for violating the company's policy against hateful conduct, a spokesperson for the social network says. — White supremacist David Duke has been permanently banned …
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| Bloomberg: |
The French startup scene also suffers from a lack of diversity, but it cannot be measured because it is mostly illegal in France to track people's ethnicity — - Bloomberg polled top venture capital firms on diversity policy — 'Absence of ethnic diversity doesn't seem to bother investors'
Tweets: @martinsfp, @technology, @hkanji, and @business
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Nvidia in talks to buy Arm in a cash-and-stock deal that would value it at more than the $32B SoftBank paid to buy the UK chip designer in 2016 — US chipmaker seeks cash-and-stock purchase of UK chip designer from its Japanese owner — US chip company Nvidia is in talks to buy …
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| South China Morning Post: |
Chinese importers are ramping up chip imports through Hong Kong before US sanctions shut the route; chip imports to China through Hong King are up 11% YoY — Re-exports of semiconductors through Hong Kong to the mainland jumped by 11 per cent in the first half of the year from the same period … Sponsor Posts
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